étape

American  

[ey-tap, ey-tap] / eɪˈtæp, eɪˈtap /

noun

Military.

plural

étapes

1. a place where troops camp after a day's march.

2. a day's march.

3. Archaic. supplies issued to troops during a march.

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Etymology

Origin of étape

< French; Middle French estaple < Middle Dutch stapel warehouse; staple ²

Example Sentences

Le parcours de la deuxième étape du #TDF2019 donne l'occasion de découvrir en détail la capitale belge : https://t.co/FFluq8vtqM.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2019

"This is an étape piège stage - a trap stage," writes William Fotheringham in our interactive guide to this year's Tour de France.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2012

It was snowing hard now––a perfect geography scene, lacking only the 13 wolves; but the étape was only half finished.

From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

The first gun off the Florida Keys sent Selwyn's only brother from his law office in hot haste to San Antonio—the first étape on his first and last campaign with Wood's cavalry.

From The Younger Set by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

You see, it will probably come off at the third étape from here, when the party of prisoners is being taken to Siberia.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor